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Mashed potato question

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Do you use a ricer or a food mill to make your potatoes? When I make them for dinner at home or small parties I don't mind a few lumps. Normally my mom brings the mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving but she won't be coming this year so I'll be doing them. Since it will be more people, I really want them to turn out and I'm wondering if I should invest in either. I do have a mixer (stand and handheld), and get decent results as noted above.
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  • 6fsn6fsn member
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    edited December 2011
    I just use a mixer.  Which I guess really makes them whipped.
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011
    ricer ftw
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  • loveshine1loveshine1 member
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    I use a mixer, and both my mom and grandma always did it that way as well. like them better that way anyway.
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  • thatgrrrrlthatgrrrrl member
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    edited December 2011
    I smash them with a rice paddle until they're at the consistency I want.
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  • GBCKGBCK member
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    edited December 2011
    I never realised how few people just go to town w/ a masher.
    Tha's what I do.

    (but I make 'em rarely.  I make 'em around the holidays just for candy, and I just pick out any lumps as I roll it out.)
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  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    Ricer for fluffy ones...but it is time consuming.
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  • dharmabunnydharmabunny member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_mashed-potato-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:7c79421a-935f-44c7-bd90-33901b8ec90aPost:ab248c50-9ff3-4a5b-a324-02748b07be98">Re: Mashed potato question</a>:
    [QUOTE]ricer ftw
    Posted by hmonkey[/QUOTE]



    Seconded. Nice and fluffy
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011
    it's not that time-consuming.  you don't even have to peel the potatoes.  just clean, cut and boil, and then into the ricer.
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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    edited December 2011
    I use a hand mixer. I used my stick blender the last time I made them, because I only made two potatoes' worth, but that left chunks. 
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_mashed-potato-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:7c79421a-935f-44c7-bd90-33901b8ec90aPost:01e1b610-9642-4ca7-9094-b4a35f80401d">Re: Mashed potato question</a>:
    [QUOTE]i do not use a ricer or food mill. i am lazy and mashed potatoes are enough work, and use enough kitchen utensils as it is. i hand mash them with a regular masher, and then whip them with a hand-held mixer. i find that if i cut the potatoes in cubes that are as close in size as possible, and boil them enough, there are very few lumps. they aren't as smooth as if i used potato flakes, <strong>but i don;t care. these people are lucky i cook for them at all.
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    i wonder what kuus would say.  probably something about using lukewarm water and then stirring them until they are mashed.
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  • 6fsn6fsn member
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    edited December 2011
    What do you do after you rice them?  Just add butter and milk or do you need to mash or something more.

    The old school masher is just one more thing in my kitchen and it requires work. 
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011
    when they are riced, the potatoes are light and fluffy.  you add milk, butter, whatever after they have been riced, and you can do so with much less effort.
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011
    but mashed potatoes are white people food, no?

    such a difficult world she lives in.
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  • MrsMyrtleMrsMyrtle member
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    edited December 2011
    I guess I'm old-school. I use a potato masher.

    To add you your thought about kuus, hmo: I'll bet she simmers them on low for 8-12 hours, at which point they just fall apart and mash themselves.
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